Extrapolative Inference and Analogical Reasoning in the Empirical Sciences

• Authors: Marek Jakubiec
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The primary purpose of this paper is to present the issue of extrapolation, which is interesting from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science. For its proper explanation, it is crucial to distinguish it from terms of similar meaning, such as analogy, induction or statistical inference. The second goal is to indicate key differences that exist between extrapolative inference and analogical reasoning. Because of this the ascertaining of the identification of these concepts would be a mistake though, of course, there is no way not to notice certain similarities.

Keywords

PL

scientific method; extrapolation; per analogiam reasoning; philosophy of science; generalization

EN

scientific method; extrapolation; per analogiam reasoning; philosophy of science; generalization

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
• Journal: Semina Scientiarum
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 13

Dates

published

2014

online

2014-11-30

Contributors

author

Marek Jakubiec

Identifiers

DOI

10.15633/ss.703